The O'Cahan (Irish: Ó Catháin 'descendants of Cahan') were a powerful sept of the Northern Uí Néill's Cenél nEógain in medieval Ireland. The name is presently...
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Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of Foot was an Irish regiment which served during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-1640s. Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of...
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Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan (died 1627) was an Irish landowner in Ulster. A vassal of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, O'Cahan was frequently in rebellion alongside...
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Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan, Tyrone's principal vassal, succeeded to the O'Cahan chieftainship in April 1598. To reaffirm their alliance, O'Cahan married Rose...
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Cumee na Gall O'Cahan (Irish: Cú Maighe na nGall Ó Catháin) was a chief of the O'Cahan of Keenaght, Fir-na-Creeve and Fir Lee in modern-day County Londonderry...
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Charles James O'Donnell (redirect from Charles James O'Cahan O'Donnell)
Charles James O'Cahan O'Donnell (1849 – 3 December 1934) was an Irish colonial administrator in the British Raj, and later a member of the Parliament...
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Ruairí Dall Ó Catháin (anglicized: Rory Dall O'Cahan) may have been an Irish harper and composer. Recent research, however, raises the question whether...
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Tabhair dom do Lámh) is a tune from early 17th century Ireland by Rory Dall O'Cahan. It is one of the most widely recorded pieces of Irish traditional music...
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O'Cahan by encouraging O'Cahan to renew his suit against Tyrone. Attorney-General for Ireland Sir John Davies prepared a case to prove that O'Cahan's...
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before moving into County Londonderry, ruling a region that became known as O'Cahan Country. This clan descend from Connor Mac Fergal, who in turn is descended...
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Tyrone and the environs of Coleraine in County Antrim, together called O'Cahan's Country a small area of County Donegal around Lough Foyle In 1613, this...
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Conn Ó Catháin (redirect from Conn O'Cahan)
Christianity portal Conn Ó Catháin was Bishop of Raphoe. Ó Catháin was bishop from 6 February 1514, and accepted royal supremacy of King Henry VIII in...
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new freeholds, especially that granted in North Ulster to the O'Cahan chief. The O'Cahan had formerly been important subjects of the O'Neills and required...
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Frank Hugh O'Donnell (redirect from Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell)
Frank Hugh O'Donnell (also Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell), born Francis Hugh MacDonald (9 October 1846 – 2 November 1916) was an Irish writer, journalist...
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Ulster, a province of Ireland. The surname has also been anglicised as O'Cahan, Kane, O'Keane, O'Kean, O'Keen, O'Keene, Keen, Keene, Kain, O'Kaine, and...
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St Mary's was built in the 11th century. Its ruins contain the tomb of O'Cahan (Cooey na Gall O' Cahan), laid to rest in 1385. A thicket of thorn bushes...
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Route, County Antrim (section McQuillan–O'Cahan feud)
English would capture Limavady Castle and kill all the O'Cahan troops in the area, with Manus O'Cahan submitting partly to the Crown and signing an indenture...
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officer Manus McGuire, Irish fiddle player Manus O'Cahan, leader of the 17th-century Manus O'Cahan's Regiment Manus O'Donnell (died 1737), Irish nobleman...
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television and radio presenter/producer in Ireland. Professor Tim (1957) – Hugh O'Cahan She Didn't Say No! (1958) – Jim Power Sea of Sand (1958) – Sgt. Hardy Shake...
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Montrose) Irish Brigade (600 men) (Col. Manus O'Cahan) Thomas Laghtnan's Regiment James McDonnell's Regiment / O'Cahan's Regiment Strathbogie Regiment (500) Col...
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Burgh/Burke-married into the O'Brian Clan O'Carroll clan -related to the Ui Neill. O'Cahan - claim descent from the Uí Néill. Clan Ó Ceallaigh-related to the Uí Néill...
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regarding the tune's 'coming' to the blind itinerant harpist Rory Dall O'Cahan in a dream. A documentary detailing this version was broadcast on Maryland...
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means king. Alternatively, it can be a variation of the Irish surname O'Cahan. Alan Keen (1937–2011), British politician Andrew Keen (born c. 1960),...
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families of differing political alignments: Clans Sweeney na dTuath and O'Cahan, as well as two rival O'Donnell branches led by Hugh McHugh Dubh O'Donnell...
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many more. In 1442, according to the Annals of Ulster, the MacQuillan-O'Cahan feud started. By the 1460s, with the earldom of Ulster near its end, the...
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Ecclesiastical Record. 16. Dublin: John F. Fowler. Clavin, Terry (October 2009). "O'Cahan, Sir Donnell Ballach". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006536...
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artists such as Henry Raeburn, Pompeo Batoni and Thomas Gainsborough. Manus O'Cahan and Montrose fought a successful minor battle against the Covenant Army...
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Eachmarcach Ó Catháin (a.k.a. Echlin O'Cahan or Ackland Kane), Irish harper and composer, 1720–1790). Ó Catháin was born at Drogheda in 1720, and was...
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(2): 1958, 2003 Antrim Minor Football Championship (3): 1948, 1994, 1999 O'Cahan Cup (1): 1982 Antrim Senior Ladies' Football Championship (1): 1998 Antrim...
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MacDonald clansman from the Western Isles of Scotland. They included Manus O'Cahan (an Irish cousin to MacColla) and his 500-man regiment. Shortly after landing...
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